Nevada Supreme Court Upholds Law on Mail-In Ballots

Ballots that arrive by mail can be counted up to three days after Election Day, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled on Oct. 28. The state’s top court turned away a challenge to state law that says ballots that arrive without clear postmarks, provided they’re received no later than 5 p.m. on the third day after the election, shall be counted as having been postmarked on or before Election Day. Nevada officials have interpreted the law as enabling the counting of ballots without any postmarks. “A mail ballot that has no visible postmark should be interpreted to have an indeterminate postmark, and therefore should be accepted if it has been received by the clerk by mail not later than 5 p.m. on the third day following the election,” the Nevada secretary of state’s office said in guidance to county clerks earlier this year....